While it's encouraging that Jenson managed to take a useful seventh, we're all very disappointed that Kevin ended his session in the tyre barriers. read more »

Lewis Hamilton topped the first practice session of the Hungarian Grand Prix, one tenth quicker than Nico Rosberg and eight tenths faster than an encouraging Kimi Raikkonen read more »

Adrian Sutil says he has been encouraged by the improvements made by Sauber at last weekend's German Grand Prix. Sutil spun out of the race during the closing laps but he... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen s Friday practice for the German Grand Prix was affected by a water pump issue, but he says he recovered to enjoy an encouraging day read more »

Despite an encouraging Friday Sebastian Vettel thinks Red Bull's only chance of genuinely challenging Mercedes at Hockenheim will be if the forecast rain becomes a reality... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo believes Red Bull can give Mercedes "a bit of a push" in the German Grand Prix after an encouraging Friday of practice read more »

Fernando Alonso says it will be impossible for Ferrari to close the gap to Mercedes despite an encouraging performance in the Austrian Grand Prix read more »

All in all it's encouraging to see both our cars come home in the points to maintain our fourth place in the championship. read more »

The Williams Martini Racing team had a positive start to the first Austrian Grand Prix since 2003, with both Valterri Bottas and Felipe Massa finishing in the top ten in... read more »

Formula 1's noise dilemma could soon be solved with the go-ahead for another noise boosting test after the British Grand Prix in July. Mercedes attempted to amplify the... read more »

Formula 1 drivers have been reacting positively to news that Michael Schumacher has left hospital in Grenoble and is no longer in a coma, with several posting messages on... read more »

Valtteri Bottas is hoping that Williams will emerge as Mercedes' main challenger in this afternoon's qualifying session for the Canadian Grand Prix, after the outfit... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says he is encouraged by Red Bull's pace in Canada despite his early gearbox issues, but thinks a lot of work will still be needed this weekend to put up... read more »

Jenson Button admits he is encouraged by the fact McLaren has matched the development rate of the teams around it on the grid this season read more »

Valtteri Bottas made an encouraging start to the Monaco Grand Prix weekend on Thursday, but after practice still said that there are 'always things we can do better'. read more »

Even though their lead driver finished almost 50 seconds behind the leaders, Red Bull believe they are closing the gap to the pace-setting Mercedes duo... read more »

Romain Grosjean sets his sights firmly on his and Lotus' first F1 points of the 2014 F1 season following an encouraging performance in China. read more »

Sebastian Vettel believes Red Bull should use the example set by Fernando Alonso and Ferrari in China as motivation in its quest to catch Mercedes read more »

Fernando Alonso admits the predicted rain for Saturday's qualifying session will leave Ferrari relying purely on "guesswork" after an encouraging day in Friday... read more »

Michael Schumacher's manager says there are "encouraging" signs in the process of bringing the former F1 driver out of an artificial coma... read more »

Nico Hulkenberg says that he expected Force India to face a greater challenge from their rivals during the Malaysian Grand Prix. Hulkenberg was comfortably inside the top six... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen suggested that he might have made a breakthrough with his Ferrari Formula 1 car after an encouraging Malaysian Grand Prix practice day. read more »

Ferrari aims to build on the reliability of the F14 T shown at Melbourne, with the team's Chief Designer claiming that the larger scope for development is encouraging... read more »

Jenson Button is certain that McLaren have turned a corner when compared to last year and holds hope that their upgrades will push them forward. The team failed to score a... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has no doubts the best is yet to come from Williams, after the team's encouraging return to Formula 1 form in the Australia Grand Prix read more »